Envelop.



No. 856,390. PATENTED JUNE 11, 19o?.

Inv EnTnr .Anfnej Edwin l". Brown BH EDWIN F. BROWN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1 1, 1907.

Application filed April 6, 1903. Serial No. 151.265.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. BROWN, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Chi cago, in the county of Cook and State ot Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Envelops, ot' which the fol lowing is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' this specification.

My invention relates to coin receptacles, and particularly to such receptacles as are now commonly employed by savings banks to be used by depositors in receiving and retaining currency before deposit at the bank. Many devices ot' this class have been devised in which a substantial box or receptacle ol iron or other metal has been provided, with a suitable opening or slot tor the reception of coins, and a door-way through which the currency within the receptacle may be removed by the bank ollicials. It has been customary to provide a lock for this door, the key or combination to which has been retained in the exclusive possession of the bank officers. The slot through which currency has been. inserted has been provided with a guard device such that the coins cannot be removed from the receptacle through this opening. These devices have been quite complicated and'expensive of manufacture.

It is the object of my invention to provide a device ttor a similar purpose but which is ol :tar greater simplicity and materially less cost in manufacture.

My invention consists essentially in an en velop,.prelerably constructed ot some stiff and durable parchment or paper, there being an opening at one end of the envelop through which coins may be inserted. The envelop is provided with inwardly extending tongues adapted to prevent the easy removal of coins lrom the envelop without mutilation thereof. Vhile thedew'ce thus provided is not one which cannot be opened by cutting or tearing, it is one in which the honor ot the bank depositor is largely depended upon for the preservation of the receptacle and the saving of the currency which may have been deposited therein.

My invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 illustrates a front view otl an envelop constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a back view thereof. Fig.

3 illustrates a blank sheet of paper alter being cut to the shape required to form the envelop, Fig. 4 is a cross sectional View taken on lines 4, 4, ol'V Fig. l. Fig. .5 is a similar view illustrating a modified Alorm ol tongue. Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of such a modilication taken on lilies (i, (i, of Fig. Fig. 7 is a top view ot the envelop illustrated in Eig. 1.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 3, I have shown a blank in which the rear wall 7 and the liront wall 8 may be lolded one upon the other after having lirst Vfolded. inwardly the roar tongue 9 and the iront tongue ll). The front and rear wall portions are retained in position by the llaps ll and l2, which, as best illustrated in Fig. 2, are lolded over and glued to the outside ot the rear wall 7. As best illustrated in Fig. 4;, the tongues t) and l() are folded inwardly. The opening at thc top of the envelop is partially closed by catching together the side walls ot thc envelop by means of the metal clips 13, 123 which prevent tearing of the material oli the envelop as a coin is squeezed through the opening. As best illustrated in Fig. 7, the edges of the envelop may be pressed together to cause a partial opening ol` the walls 7 and S between the upper edges el" which coins 1.4 may then be dropped. Upon inverting the envelop, as in the act ol' attempting to shake a coin therefrom, it will be seen, as illustrated in Fig. 4, that the inwardly projecting tongues E) and l() come into contact one with the other, thereby forming pockets which prevent the escape ol the coin from the envelop.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have illustrated a modication ol my invention in which each ot the tongues isslitted to form teeth I5, l5, the teeth on each tongue being desirably formed so as to interlock with those on the other tongue as best illustrated in Fig. 5. Thus a means ol retaining coins within Vthe envelop is provided, which in seme respects is even more ellicient than that illustrated in Figs. l, 2, 3 and. 4. One side ol the savings envelop may desirably be provided with a deposit slip. This slip may be lormed by printing a suitable legend and blanks upon the liront side ol' the envelop, as indicated in Fig. l, there being shown a blank space for the name ol" the depositor, the number ol' the account and blanks in which to till in t-he date and amount ol" deposit. These blanks may be used to indicate the amounts deposited with- ICO in the envelop or to indicate the amount of money removed from the envelop and deposited in the savings bank. Any other desirable form of deposit blank may be printed upon the envelop.

As will be apparent, many modifications may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do not desire to limit myselfto the precise disclosure herein set forth; but

IIa-ving described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An envelop eut and folded from a single piece of paper, comprising front and rear walls, flaps on the side and bottom of said front wall adapted to be folded over said rear wall, whereby the sides and bottom of said envelop may be closed, a tongue extending from the upper end of each wall and adapted to be folded on the line of the top of the envelop and to extend downwardly into the envelop, thus leaving the top of the envelop open, saidtongues forming means whereby eoins may enter but are prevented from being withdrawn from said envelop, and metal clips passing through said front and rear walls and through said tongues, near the top of said envelop, the distanee'between said clips being just large enough for the passage therebetween of coins of ordinary size.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 2nd day of April A. D., 1903.

, EDI/VIN F; .BROVN Vitnesses:

HARVEY L. HANsoN, JOHN STAI-1R. 

